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sussed by .the hveQtta!-oased r®ortu .q ays :es . Specal emphasis .as
pat cy the field staf : an the tivelinns of the reporti.iq, lt+ce it
.es necessary for tir_ p.ulmes of the study to aMain personnl
iatervrn~ vi h the mxa before they died or 6eane too 111 to
perticapate. The :~mn tiae elapsed 6etreer dia9nosis ani repnrtitg
.as .3Geeted to be 45 days, with an additiorxl 102 days transpired
before the e.xducttn4 of the interview .
Rhe reqrcinq of a case .as follosed by the securing of the
soksa9 histery statea in the pstiexs' Inepirnl medical rtmr.ls . a11
wn reuo[ted as nevet sooke.7 . forvlr seokets or of uNawn smokinq
stetm
.ere oontacted by telaFMM and theix s .oking history
coifiad . ohly those cmfitsed oever aekars, or ex-smdaexs for at
:esse 10 yesn. .wte oansidead for itrcluslan in the study . Atl the
eleqthility ctitezia for cases are listd i .ld.
S fLOGG1811d1Y QtT1fRfA kall fA45 .
1/ The patiwit aut be a resfdent of the 21 cuwit.y study
area IS 46R of Vpstite Nnr York) .
2) '17+e Patient had to be beo mm 20 ard 90 years of age .
ll 7he patient had to be a never fsdoet lMrkM < . 100
cigarettes in a lifetlael or an ax-spo'i (amted :dyvrdwl or a pnysician's muenat
was not gnncc;l .